Conservative Party of Central America

The Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the United States of Central America which was active from 1823 to 1840. The party was one of the two major parties in the country, rivaling the Liberal Party, and it supported the privileges of the criollo elite and the Catholic Church. Jose Cecilio del Valle, President from 1824 to 1825 and president-elect in 1834 (he died before assuming office), was the only Conservative president of Central America, but his party played a major role in the 1838-1840 civil war with the Liberals which ultimately led to the federation's disintegration.